From 058ec08ef178c1d591a535adbc8a56a01076e4f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pierre Habouzit Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:00:09 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] README.Debian updates. Signed-off-by: Pierre Habouzit --- debian/README.Debian | 20 +++++++++++++------- debian/changelog | 1 + 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/debian/README.Debian b/debian/README.Debian index 6debc7e..5a71940 100644 --- a/debian/README.Debian +++ b/debian/README.Debian @@ -1,11 +1,17 @@ +README.Debian for xinetd +======================== - README.Debian for xinetd - ======================== + xinetd in debian is supposed to work with -inetd_compat enabled (you can + tweak that in /etc/default/xinetd). - - xinetd features an inetd.conf compatibility mode. When started with the - -inetd_compat option, xinetd first reads its own configuration file - (/etc/xinetd.conf), then /etc/inetd.conf. + Package maintainers that support xinetd in addition to xinetd, will drop + files in /etc/xinetd.d/ _and_ add entries in /etc/inetd.conf, + enabling them using update-inetd. - This mode is enabled by default. + If both an xinetd service configuration id and an entry in /etc/inetd.conf + match, the xinetd one will hide the inetd.conf one, even if disabled. This + trick is built to simplify the logic in update-inetd, and let the + administrators only touch xinetd configuration and don't have + /etc/inetd.conf mess with that they changed behind their back. - -- Thomas Seyrat Sun, 18 Apr 2004 13:30:04 +0200 + -- Pierre Habouzit Wed, 28 Nov 2007 11:55:48 +0100 diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 0f43d68..6da6155 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ xinetd (1:2.3.14-4) UNRELEASED; urgency=low * debian/xinetd.postrm: don't purge configuration that isn't ours on purge anymore. * Don't force inetd_compat for upgrades. + * Update README.Debian with informations wrt -inetd_compat in Debian. -- Pierre Habouzit Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:14:47 +0100 -- 2.20.1